Truck



Sept. '13, 1932. WWWW ER 1,877,095

TRUCK 1 2; I i I?) w /l' ,l x W I I E52 Walker @B & I-I\ Sept. 13, 1932- E. R. WALKER TRUCK Filed Kay '7, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Ear] E. WEZZEEJ" Eli W Patented Sept. 13, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT FOFFICEP EARL 1a. WALKER, or minnnnrowiv, INDIANA I TRUCK- Application filed May 7, 1 531. SefiaLNo. 535,775. g j V cablehas one end attached to a blockrlia from i This invention relates to trucks, trailers and other vehicles for hauling for its object the provlslon goods and has of means whereby a loaded body may be removed from the chassis and left at a destination,

bodies, loaded or unloaded, chassis for transportation The invention has also for vision of means for will be simple and inexpensive but and other transferred to the to other points. its object the prothe stated purpose which.

efficient in operation. Other objects will appear 1ncidentally in the course of sori tion the following deand the invention resides in certain novel features which will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

Inthe accompanying drawings,

lustrate one embodiment f the invention,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a truck having the invention applied thereto,

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevation,

in transverse section, and

rear elevation,

with parts Fig. 4 is an enlarged SlClQ elevation, with parts in longitudinal The chassis 1 may be of section.

any approved or known design and includes side bars or sills 2 which are of channeled or I-beam construction, as shown clearly in Fig. 3. The body 3 may also be of any approved design and is illustrated in a conventional manner as a box-like form or case adapted to rest upon the chassis and be carried thereby. Upon the sides of the body are seen pending brackets 4 which red hooks or susmay be engaged by hooks 5 carried by cables 6 provided at the sides of the body,

as will be more fully set forth. The hooks or lugs or brackets 4 are provided on both sides of the both the front and rear thereof.

adjacent Supported on the chassis body and and arranged to travel longitudinally thereof is a derrick or hoisting frame 7 consisting of side bars or standards 8 and a cross beam 9 secured upon the standards and connecting the upper ends of the same. The cross b thereon suspending loops eam has mounted 10 disposed adjacent the opposite ends, thereof, and in these loops 10 are mounted blocks 11 housing pulleys 12 in a well-known manner.

6 are trained about the pn The cables lleys 12, and each the other pulley side of the which il- 30 adjacent the front end of the truck 'sotha t -the'cable will bewound on said drum: or shaft and, consequently, will exert a lifting This lifting force is power take-off device connected with the power plant of the truck, so that-when the body is to be lifted thehooks 5 are engaged .in the brackets 4 and power then applied to 5 the cables 6 through a winding drum or shaft force upon the body. applied first at the rear end of thejbody so that it maybe raised, as shown in Fig. 1, and a trestle 17 placed thereunder, so that, if the end-of the" body be then lowered onto the trestle, the trestle will support it in raised position. The operation is then repeated at the front end of the body and "under the front end so a trestle placed thatthe truck may then be" driven forward, leaving the body supported on the'trestles, it being understood, ofcourse, that the hooks 5 are disengaged from the lugs or brackets 4 before the truck is driven forward.

, The derrick or hoisting frame is mounted upon the sills of the truck so as to be readily movable along the same, and to this end is includes carriages 18 which are in the form of inverted U-shaped frames adapted to span the respective sills or side bars of the chassis and upon which the lower ends of the standards 8 are riveted or otherwise permanently secured, braces 19 being provided between the standards and the carriages to reinforce the same. Mounted on the inner sides of each carriage are a plurality of rollers 20 which;

are arranged to ride upon the upper surfaces of the lower flange of the respective sills or side bars and upon both the upper and lower surfaces of the upper flanges of the side bars,

as shown clearly in Fig. 3. The rollers pro-7 12 and then around the.

From thevide for ready travel of the frame and also serve to hold the samein proper relation to the sills or side bars, so that when movement of the derrick along the truck chassis is desired it may be very readily efiected. The idler pulleys 15 are mounted directly on the carriages and are provided at both ends thereof so that the cables may be disposed in such manner as may be most convenient'or advantageous under any given conditions 1 By the use of my invention, the hauling of goods by the use of trucks may be very materially facilitated and expedited. A body or box may be loaded in advanceof the arrival of a truck and quickly disposed in carrying position upon the truck. Regular routes may be established for the trucks and 7 stations located along'the routes at which bodies may be delivered from the trucks and other loaded bodies deposited on the trucks for transportation to other stations,

the bodies being loaded or unloaded in the intervals between the dispatch of one truck and the arrival of a later truck. It Will be readily noted that the apparatus is very simple and compact and Will not, interfere With the ordinary use of the truck but may be mounted upon. any truck upon which its use may be desired.

Having thus described the invention, I claim Apparatus for the purpose set forth comprising carriages adapted to span the sills of a truck chassis, rollers mounted Within the carriages to engage the flanges of said sills,

a derrick comprising standards secured upon and rising from the carriages and a cross beam connecting the upper ends of the standards, pulleys mounted upon the carriages and upon the cross beam, cables trained about said pulleys and connected With a Winding member upon the truck chassis, and body-suspending pulleys mounted upon the cables.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EARL R. WALKER. [L. s.] 

